The 2023 Media Person of the Year Dean Neal is once again being honoured for his amazing contribution to the sport in the 2024-25 season through the Night Thunder program on the 7 Network.

Spearheaded by the production of the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series, the Night Thunder program’s ten episodes this season featured the High Limit International, in addition to the USA vs Australia Sprintcar Speedweek and the Australian Late Model Championship, attracting an average of over 72000 views per episode through the 7Plus app available on all smart devices.

Australians consumed a staggering 15 million minutes of speedway on the 7plus app over a three-month span. However, it’s the associated content on the 7 sport social media platforms that has confirmed to the 7 network that the Australian sporting market has a very healthy appetite for speedway, eclipsing 12 million views over the ten episodes.

Dean’s tireless pursuit of excellence coupled with his passion for the sport has presented speedway with a fresh opportunity to expand its reach and popularity and become the nationally respected motorsport that it deserves to be.